Purpose: Students will create a short epilogue to “Hugo Cabret”, using Brian Selznick's writing style to draw their own epilogue to the story. Audience: 10th Grade Students Genre: Assignment (Reader as Writer ) Engagement: Students will see how using the authors method of writing allows them to further understand the story and make conclusions about why things happened, and complete a epilogue they think fits the story.
We have discussed in class many different varieties of books and how they are written. Recently in class you were assigned to read The Invention of Hugo Cabaret by Brian Selznick. For this assignment you will write a short epilogue to this book modeled after Brian’s own style of writing. Your epilogue should be 1 - 2 pages double spaced and it should depict what you would have liked to happen at the end of the story. It should also include at least one picture, but it can include more than one if you'd like. Along with the epilogue you will attach a written paper no more than 3 pages answering the following questions in complete sentences. - Hugo Cabret is written in words and pictures, do you think it was difficult for the author to do this? Why or why not? - Explain the part of Brian Selznick’s writing style that you copied in your own epilogue, why did you choose this? - If this book was written in a different way, such as a chapter book or a play, do you think it would have been easier to read or harder? Why? - If given the chance would you use this method of writing
Project Checklist - Between 3 to 5 pages long_ - Epilogue to Hugo Cabaret _ - Double spaced _ - At least one picture_ - Attached page with questions answered in complete sentences ___
I think that this book is perfect for the Reader as Writer method. As I was reading it I was growing really frustrated at times because you have to flip thorough all of the pictures and I felt as though that was taking away from the story, but as I continued to read I realized that it only added to the story line. I think it is important to have students look back on this story after reading it and try to recreate the style of the author's writing. They might not realize how difficult it might be to write a story that way, but I think looking back and coming up with this assignments for students made me really think that it is difficult to write that way, but it's really worth all the extra page turning because the pictures make the story come alive right before your eyes.
Reader as Writer
Purpose: Students will create a short epilogue to “Hugo Cabret”, using Brian Selznick's writing style to draw their own epilogue to the story.
Audience: 10th Grade Students
Genre: Assignment (Reader as Writer )
Engagement: Students will see how using the authors method of writing allows them to further understand the story and make conclusions about why things happened, and complete a epilogue they think fits the story.
We have discussed in class many different varieties of books and how they are written. Recently in class you were assigned to read The Invention of Hugo Cabaret by Brian Selznick. For this assignment you will write a short epilogue to this book modeled after Brian’s own style of writing. Your epilogue should be 1 - 2 pages double spaced and it should depict what you would have liked to happen at the end of the story. It should also include at least one picture, but it can include more than one if you'd like. Along with the epilogue you will attach a written paper no more than 3 pages answering the following questions in complete sentences.
- Hugo Cabret is written in words and pictures, do you think it was difficult for the author to do this? Why or why not?
- Explain the part of Brian Selznick’s writing style that you copied in your own epilogue, why did you choose this?
- If this book was written in a different way, such as a chapter book or a play, do you think it would have been easier to read or harder? Why?
- If given the chance would you use this method of writing
Project Checklist
- Between 3 to 5 pages long_
- Epilogue to Hugo Cabaret _
- Double spaced _
- At least one picture_
- Attached page with questions answered in complete sentences ___
I think that this book is perfect for the Reader as Writer method. As I was reading it I was growing really frustrated at times because you have to flip thorough all of the pictures and I felt as though that was taking away from the story, but as I continued to read I realized that it only added to the story line. I think it is important to have students look back on this story after reading it and try to recreate the style of the author's writing. They might not realize how difficult it might be to write a story that way, but I think looking back and coming up with this assignments for students made me really think that it is difficult to write that way, but it's really worth all the extra page turning because the pictures make the story come alive right before your eyes.